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New Commander of 106th Rescue Wing Embraces Challenges on the Horizon

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Colonel Jeffrey Cannet, the new Commander of the 106th Rescue Wing. DANA SHAW

Outgoing 106th Rescue Wing Commander Colonel Shaw Fitzgerald. DANA SHAW

Commander of the New York Air National Guard, Major General Michael Bank, left, passes the flag of the 106th Rescue Wind to Colonel Jeffrey Cannet, signifying the change of command. DANA SHAW

Members of the 106th Rescue Wing at the change of command ceremony on November 1. DANA SHAW

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